Senior Manager, Environmental Health & Safety

Mott Corporation is seeking a Senior Manager for Environmental Health & Safety in Farmington, CT. This role involves leading EHS strategy, ensuring compliance with regulations, and promoting safety culture within the organization. The candidate will manage EHS policies, conduct risk assessments, and collaborate with teams to implement best practices. The position requires extensive experience in a manufacturing environment, with a focus on EHS. It is not a remote position.
Job Title: Senior Manager, Environmental, Health and Safety

Hiring Manger: Vice President, Operations

Mission of the position: The Senior Manager, Environmental, Health and Safety will lead EHS strategy for Mott Corporation Connecticut by integrating knowledge of current industry best practices with broad understanding of industrial Sustainability and Safety. Serves an essential role in leading, partnering and supporting business driven technical and strategic initiatives in alignment with the overall Strategic Intent. This position will be based at the Farmington, CT facility.

MOTT is part of IDEX Corporation. This position is critical to the success of our overall Environmental, Health and Safety success. The successful candidate will partner with the IDEX Corporate EHS team to implement initiatives, share best practices, represent MOTT by providing feedback to corporate and to deliver EHS data to the corporate team.

Company: Mott is a technology driven, high precision filtration and flow-control company trusted by the world’s best technical and performance brands across core markets: Medicine, Computing Power, Clean Energy, Process Industries and Space Exploration. Our products can be found everywhere…including lifesaving medical devices, artificial intelligence, and missions to Mars!

The company’s strategic vision is to deliver technological breakthroughs in critical growth markets. Established in 1959 and located in Farmington, Connecticut (90 miles from NYC and Boston), the company is a part of the IDEX family and has more than doubled in size over the last 5 years. Mott is poised for significant expansion over the next 5 years.

Key Responsibilities:
• Develop, implement and manage EHS policies, procedures, and programs to ensure compliance with regulations and industry standards
• Identify, evaluate, and mitigate safety, health, and environmental risks through risk assessments and hazard analyses
• Stay informed about relevant environmental, health, and safety regulations and ensure the organization complies with all applicable laws
• Lead and collaborate with various teams to promote a strong safety culture and ensure EHS best practices
• Accountable for routine safety inspections, audits, and environmental assessments to identify areas for improvement and ensure compliance

Major Challenges:
• Manufacturing processes rely on the use of highly combustible chemicals
• Antiquated manufacturing equipment was designed before many modern safety features were required
• Rapid business growth continuously introducing change (new processes, people, chemicals, etc.)
• Prioritization projects based on business needs

Expected Performance Outcomes:
• High hazard safety opportunities, mitigated in 24 hours and closed in 90 days
• Implementation of Gensuite EHS software for incident tracking and Find it Fix it within 90 days
• >90% score for all employee Safety Training surveys
• Conduct high level risk assessment to determine top 3 EHS priorities to enable growth within 6 months

Required Experience:
• Associates and/or bachelor’s degree in Industrial Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering or equivalent
• 8 or more years related experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably with an EH&S focus in a multi-site enterprise.
• Preference given to military experience, specifically to someone responsible for safety in a nuclear environment

Technical Knowledge/Skills:
• Demonstrated understanding of local, federal, and state regulations
• Deep knowledge of combustible chemicals (liquids and solids) and the corresponding standards for safety including NFPA 30 and NFPA 654
• Deep knowledge of oven and furnace safety standards, including NFPA 86
• Knowledge of mechanical safety features available for manufacturing equipment
• Proficient understanding of OSHA and DEEP (department of energy and environmental protection) regulations and guidelines
• Strong collaboration, communication, training, and coaching skills
• Industry certifications are not required, but strongly preferred

Personal Attributes:
• Results driven
• Strategic thinking
• Acts with urgency
• Cross-functional engagement skills
• Self-directed
• Excellent communicator